The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 999 - 996 Kushan Empire
Chapter 999: Chapter 996 Kushan Empire
Chapter 999: Chapter 996 Kushan Empire
The methods of interrogation required no reminder from Li Si Te, as they had already been applied to the Shadow Incarnation. After enduring physical pain, the short assassin finally spilled everything.
He was named Xisile Ying, an Ancient Warrior Inheritor-Shadow Incarnation, from the distant great empire in the west – the Kushan Imperial. He was dispatched by the emperor of the Kushan Imperial, Emperor Jupiter, to the Flame Kingdom to investigate the news of the Sacred Dragon-Invisible Dragon.
“We were a group of five Shadow Incarnations, all lurking in various places within the Flame Kingdom. However, one week ago, one of the Shadow Incarnations left with news about the Formless Dragon, and the remaining three… I have no idea where they are lurking. It is my job to scout for information in Estuary City.”
“How do you contact them?”
“We meet weekly in a tavern in Dragon Valley City to share news. According to the schedule, there are three days left until the next meeting.”
Li Si Te narrowed his eyes, finally understanding why, even after capturing this Shadow Incarnation, the Smoke Mission had still not been completed. There were still three Shadow Incarnations lurking in the shadows. Moreover, one had already left Flame Island, and it was impossible to capture them again.
“The Kushan Imperial…” A serious thought flickered in his mind, but he suppressed it immediately.
He continued to interrogate Xisile Ying.
First was the professional information about Xisile himself: a Shadow Incarnation was one of the Ancient Warriors, did not cultivate Dou Qi, but did cultivate Magic Power, all practitioners possessing Dark Attribute Magic Power. Unlike magicians, they infused Dark Attribute Magic Power into their bodies and underwent transformation.
This enabled their bodies to blend into any shadow-filled environment through special methods.
“We were originally Earth Knights. After showing signs of Dark Attribute Dou Qi, we were selected by the royal family to be cultivated into Shadow Incarnations through special means, undertaking tasks such as assassination and reconnaissance… I can tell you the specific cultivation methods, but the process of transforming Dou Qi into Magic Power involves several medicinal baths, the formulas for which I don’t know,” Xisile said.
This essentially dashed Li Si Te’s thoughts of cultivating his own Shadow Incarnations.
However, it was also very normal; since the royal family of the Kushan Imperial had mastered the method of cultivating Shadow Incarnations, they certainly held the formula for the medicines closely and would not leak them at will.
After all, they could not ensure that a Shadow Incarnation wouldn’t be captured and reveal the cultivation methods.
“My strength is not strong; I belong to the Deep Shadows among the Shadow Incarnations… Shallow Shadow, Deep Shadow, and Shadows correspond to Earth Knights, average Sky Knights, and Completion Level Sky Knights, respectively.” Xisile was a Deep Shadow, equivalent to an average Sky Knight.
His most powerful assassination tactic was to leap from the shadow and perform the assassination—while he might not win against a Sky Knight in direct combat, a surprise attack could even kill a Sword Saint.
However, the Shadow Incarnations also had limitations—their clothes could not merge into the shadows.
So before spying, they would hide in a corner shadow and, unsuspecting, jump naked into the target’s shadow to follow along. After completing the assassination, they would leave the scene naked, retrieve their clothes, and fade away into the crowd as ordinary people.
“Then at night, couldn’t you go anywhere?” liszt asked, voicing a doubt.
Xisile Ying gave a bitter smile, “Actually, it’s harder to assassinate at night, because shadows can get lost in the darkness, and we might not even find our target… When merging with a shadow, I can only move along the edge of the shadow and sense the outside light.”
Without light, a shadow has no edge, making it unclear how to move, and thus he would get… lost.
With this explanation, it made sense; otherwise, Shadow Incarnations would be unstoppable at night, killing anyone they wished without limits.
After understanding the professional information about the Shadow Incarnations,
Li Si Te began to inquire about the Kushan Imperial.
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Xisile, having learned his lesson, answered promptly to all questions: “I don’t know how Emperor Jupiter came to know of the Formless Dragon. I am just a Shadow Incarnation, I’ve only seen Emperor Jupiter a few times, the orders were given by the leader of the Shadow Incarnations… Once you become emperor, you are a person without a surname.”
“A person without a surname?”
“The emperor has no surname, for a surname can no longer carry the emperor’s glory.”
“Heh,” Li Si Te chuckled and continued to interrogate, “Then what was the surname of the family Emperor Jupiter was born into?”
“The Light of Tranquility.”
“The Light of Tranquility, what does that imply?”
“I do not know.”
“How old is Emperor Jupiter?” he suddenly asked very interestedly, wanting to know the age of the Imperial Emperor to judge whether the emperor was a Dragon Domain Landlord.
“I do not know, but I guess Emperor Jupiter is about forty years old.”
Through the conversation with Xisile, Li Si Te quickly sketched out an image of Emperor Jupiter: forty years old in his prime, a Dragon Knight riding an Elemental Dragon-Dark Dragon. The dragon was ink-black, with a body length and wingspan over seventy meters. Emperor Jupiter had once personally led a Knight Order to annihilate a vassal state and slay their dragon.
He was a capable ruler.
The Kushan Imperial spoke Chai Script.
Xisile spoke a few sentences in Chai Script, which sounded a bit like Moon Language, and its writing resembled stacked logs, giving the feeling of cuneiform script. However, Xisile also spoke Serpent Script—they, as Shadow Incarnations, were trained in multiple languages from young to be sent to different countries for missions.
The empire was vast with frequent border wars, especially with the Neverfall Empire, erupting in a major war every few years. Dragon Knights often waged dragon-slaying wars.
“I do not know how many dragons the empire has; I have been in the Mercenary City-State performing assassinations… The Mercenary City-State is a power formed by many exiled small countries, located between the empire and the Fallen Leaves Kingdom and the White Deer Kingdom, highly chaotic, a sanctuary for mercenaries and Rats.”
Xisile couldn’t explain the geography of the Legendary Continent well, he only knew that the Mercenary City-State bordered the Kushan Imperial, the Fallen Leaves Kingdom, and the White Deer Kingdom.
After receiving the order from the leader of the Shadow Incarnations, he and the other four Shadow Incarnations set out from the Mercenary City-State, headed east.
Passing through the Fallen Leaf Kingdom and the Blast Furnace Fortress Kingdom, they reached the Eagle Kingdom, then took to the sea towards the Duchy of Sapphire, eventually finding out the route to the Flame Kingdom. They mixed into a merchant caravan to enter the Flame Island and began to disperse and gather intelligence on the situation in the Flame Kingdom with a focus on investigating the Invisible Dragon.
“The empire has many vassal states, all Grand Duchies and Duchies. The imperial city is built on a mountain, the whole mountain is the city, and there are springs flowing over the entire imperial city…”
After listening to Xisile’s description of the Kushan Imperial, Li Si Te suddenly asked, “Does the Kushan Imperial have Archmages?”
“Yes…”
